Ronald McDonald House to open at Mercy

The new Ronald McDonald House at Mercy Children's Hospital will celebrate its public grand opening from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The event will feature tours, refreshments, videos and the opportunity to help provide needed furnishings.Visitors can enter through the main patient tower of Mercy Hospital at National Avenue and Cherokee Street. The new Ronald McDonald House is on the sixth floor of Mercy Children's Hospital in Springfield. The 8,200-square-foot facility will house up to 10 families every night.

Families of pediatric patients who don't need to stay overnight can use the home during the day and early evening. The house includes a living room, dining room, kitchen, playroom, gathering room, laundry center, computer nook and public restrooms.

The proposed site for a new pediatric intensive care unit is next to the new house. The house is the second Ronald McDonald House in Springfield. Another house is near Cox South.

Fundraising for the house continues. Nearly $1 million of the $1.6 million needed for construction, fittings, furnishings and supplies has been raises so far. Volunteers are needed and people to provide meals for the family dinner program. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.RMHCozarks.org.

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Ronald McDonald House to open at Mercy

The new Ronald McDonald House at Mercy Children's Hospital will celebrate its public grand opening from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.